Gary Smith has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 13 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.8★ across 12 ratings. The most-rated is Standard Deviations.
Standard Deviations
Summary
Did you know that baseball players whose names begin with the letter "D" are more likely to die young? Or that Asian Americans are most susceptible to heart attacks on the fourth day of the month? Or that drinking a full pot of coffee every morning will add years to your life, but one cup a day increases the risk of pancreatic cancer? All of these "facts" have been argued with a straight face by credentialed researchers and backed up with reams of data and convincing statistics. As Nobel Prize-winning economist Ronald Coase once cynically observed, "If you torture data long enough, it will confess." Lying with statistics is a time-honored con. In Standard Deviations, economics professor Gary Smith walks us through the various tricks and traps that people use to back up their own crackpot theories. Sometimes, the unscrupulous deliberately try to mislead us. Other times, the well-intentioned are blissfully unaware of the mischief they are committing. Today, data is so plentiful that researchers spend precious little time distinguishing between good, meaningful indicators and total rubbish. Not only do others use data to fool us, we fool ourselves. With the breakout success of Nate Silver's The Signal and the Noise, the once humdrum subject of statistics has never been hotter. Drawing on breakthrough research in behavioral economics by luminaries like Daniel Kahneman and Dan Ariely and taking to task some of the conclusions of Freakonomics author Steven D. Levitt, Standard Deviations demystifies the science behind statistics and makes it easy to spot the fraud all around.
©2015 Gary Smith (P)2016 Gildan Media LLC
Being the Message: Lessons Learned on the Frontline of Mission
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How do you attract the favor of God - so you can change the world? From humble beginnings on a council estate in Manchester UK, The Message Trust has become one of the fastest growing youth mission organisations on the planet. Its combination of outreach to young people in schools, counter-cultural mission in tough urban areas, and pioneering prison and ex-offender ministry offers a radical template for effective 21st century mission. Already well established in the UK, The Message is quickly taking root in South Africa, Canada, and Europe. In this punchy and powerful audiobook, Andy Hawthorne (Founder and CEO), Carl Beech (Deputy CEO), and key members of the Message team share some of the crucial lessons learned over 25 years on the front line. It’s packed full of hard-won wisdom for people who want to change the world.
©2017 The Message Trust (P)2017 The Message Trust
The AI Delusion
Summary
We live in an incredible period in history. The computer revolution may be even more life-changing than the Industrial Revolution. We can do things with computers that could never be done before, and computers can do things for us that could never be done before. But our love of computers should not cloud our thinking about their limitations. We are told that computers are smarter than humans and that data mining can identify previously unknown truths or make discoveries that will revolutionize our lives. Our lives may well be changed, but not necessarily for the better. Computers are very good at discovering patterns but are useless in judging whether the unearthed patterns are sensible because computers do not think the way humans think. We fear that super-intelligent machines will decide to protect themselves by enslaving or eliminating humans. But the real danger is not that computers are smarter than us but that we think computers are smarter than us and, so, trust computers to make important decisions for us. The AI Delusion explains why we should not be intimidated into thinking that computers are infallible, that data-mining is knowledge discovery, and that black boxes should be trusted.
©2018 Gary Smith (P)2018 Tantor
Money Machine
Summary
In Money Machine, Gary Smith shows you how billionaire investors like Warren Buffett make their fortunes and achieve 8 percent returns each year using value investing. Money Machine is filled with expert advice on how to: Identify the "intrinsic value" of a company Decide which stocks to pick and which to avoid Time the market for the greatest gains Beat the market every single year And more There's no reason your money should be sitting in a bank account. By learning value investing, you can reap the rewards of consistent, reliable gains that can make you a millionaire by the time you retire. Don't just work for your money - put your money to work for you and retire in style.
©2017 Gary Smith (P)2017 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
Drawing: The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Drawing for Beginners in 30 Minutes or Less
Summary
Sharpen your pencils and ready your sketchpads. Be ready to capture reality in an immortalized illustration! Learn everything you need to know about drawing, its elements, and the tools used to create great pieces of art in as fast as half an hour. This book is for all people who come from all walks of life. It surely is a great listen for anyone - the young and the young at heart, men and women, rich or poor, especially beginners who want to learn the basics and become proficient in the art of drawing. It is also great for those who already have some experience with drawing but still want to cultivate their skills in order to create sketches and artworks like a pro. You will learn a lot of things, starting from the basic elements of a drawing and the uses of shading and how it can level up any illustration up to the simple steps of how to draw portraits and scenes.< /p> By the time you finish reading this book, you are going to be able to know the common mistakes that beginner artists commit and learn how you can avoid them. You will also be able to know the importance of knowing your tools well in order to achieve the effects that you are aiming for. Why You Must Have This Book! In this book you will learn how to do proper shading in order to add effects and emotions to the subjects of your drawing. This book will teach you the steps of how to draw a human face properly and how to draw the elements of a scene properly In this book you will learn how to utilize the different elements of a drawing to your greatest advantage. This book will guide you through the different kinds of pencils, paper, and hand grips suited for the kinds of effects you want to incorporate in your drawing. This book will teach you the different principles of drawing and how the accurate usage of each principle will help you become an expert in drawing.
©2015 Gary Smith (P)2015 Gary Smith